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Truco online, with a friend

Call truco, keep a straight face and win two tricks out of three. The bluffing card game of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, played with a link: Argentine with envido, or Brazilian paulista and mineiro. Free, no app, no sign-up.

  • 2 players
  • About 10 min
  • Watchable live
  • Free, no sign-up

Challenge a friend

Start the game, then send the link. The first person to accept plays you.

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Who is mano first?

Links stay open 48 hours after the last move.

Hand-drawn Spanish playing cards: the ace of swords slaps down on the table between a seven of coins and a three of cups

The card game you play with your face

Truco is three cards, three tricks and a lot of talking. Anyone can raise the stakes at any moment by calling “truco!”. The other player accepts, raises again or folds, and nobody knows if the caller holds the best card in the deck or nothing at all. In Argentina and Uruguay it comes with envido, a side bet on who holds the best pair of one suit. In Brazil it is played with a French deck and wild manilhas.

On BeatMe you start a game, pick the rules and send the link. Your friend taps it and plays in the browser. You don’t need to be online together: each of you plays a card or answers a call when you can, and the table waits. If you are both there, every call lands live on both screens.

How to play Truco

Start a game

Type your name, choose Argentine, paulista or mineiro rules, the length of the game and who deals first. You get a short beatme.link link to send.

Play your three cards

Each of you gets three cards. Win two of the three tricks and you win the hand. From the second trick on you may play a card face down.

Call truco

On your turn, call truco to raise what the hand is worth. Your friend accepts, folds or raises again. Only the player who accepted last may raise next.

Reach the target

First to 15 or 30 (Argentine) or 12 (Brazilian) wins. At the end you get a result card and a rematch on the same link.

Argentine truco: card ranking

The Spanish 40-card deck, without eights and nines. From strongest to weakest: ace of swords, ace of clubs, seven of swords, seven of coins, then all threes, all twos, the other two aces, kings, knights, jacks, the other two sevens, sixes, fives and fours. Cards of the same rank tie.

  • Truco 2 points, retruco 3, vale cuatro 4. Fold instead and the other player gets the value before the call.
  • Envido 2, real envido 3, falta envido whatever the leader still needs. Two cards of one suit count 20 plus their numbers; face cards count 0. Envido can only be called before your first card.

Brazilian truco: paulista and mineiro

A French deck without eights, nines and tens. Ordinary cards rank 3, 2, A, K, J, Q, 7, 6, 5, 4. Four manilhas beat them all:

  • Paulista: a card is turned face up after the deal, the vira. The next rank up becomes the manilhas, strongest in clubs, then hearts, spades, diamonds. A hand is worth 1, then 3, 6, 9 and 12.
  • Mineiro: fixed manilhas: 4 of clubs (the zap), 7 of hearts, ace of spades, 7 of diamonds. A hand is worth 2, then 4, 6, 10 and 12.
  • Whoever reaches 11 (10 in mineiro) sees their cards and decides to play the hand or run. Both on 11: the hand is played blind.

Why play Truco on BeatMe?

No lobbies, no strangers and no app: a link in WhatsApp or any chat. Your cards stay on our server until they are played, and a card played face down stays hidden for good, so nobody can peek. Every call and answer shows up on the table, and the score bar always tells you what the hand is worth.

Truco FAQ

Can I play Truco online with a friend for free?

Yes. Start a game on this page, send the link and your friend plays in the browser on a phone or computer. Free, with no app and no account.

Is it one on one or in teams?

One on one for now. Truco in pairs, with a partner and secret signals, is on the way.

Which truco rules can I play?

Argentine truco (also played in Uruguay) with the Spanish deck and envido, without flor; and the two Brazilian styles, truco paulista with the vira and truco mineiro with fixed manilhas.

Do we have to play at the same time?

No. Each of you plays when you can; the link keeps the game for 48 hours after the last move. If you are both online, cards and calls appear live.

Do you play for money?

No. Truco here is played for points and bragging rights only: no money, no chips and no prizes.

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